The hit superhero fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us only came about thanks to Warner Bros. The continuation of Mortal Kombat wasn’t the only fruit born of this partnership. Mortal Kombat, the reboot that was released in 2011, is often pointed to as the reason for this, but such credit ignores that it was building on the changes made by the unfairly maligned crossover that preceded it. Mortal Kombat 11′s story even got its own trailer, separate from the one designed to promote the game’s combat mechanics. Today the story mode of any Mortal Kombat game is one of its key selling points. Between that and its toned down violence, it does go against important parts of what a Mortal Kombat game should be. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon had its own Konquest, alongside Kreate a Fighter, and Motor Kombat. Mortal Kombat: Deception had Chess Kombat, Konquest, and Puzzle Kombat.
At that point, fans of the series had become used to a fun supply of extra modes and unlockables in their games. It would be easy to focus entirely on what Mortal Kombat vs.
